July 24, 2018 - 9:37am
Loaf size to banneton size and cloth liners
Ok... I am a lucky lad. I have been gifted a lot of baking equipment from my Grandfather who is downsizing his possessions. Part of what I have received is 5 bannetons of different sizes.
How do I determine what range of dough weights are ideal for the different bannetons? I'd love to write on the outside of them with a recommended range. I am guessing there is some rule of thumb I can use.
Also... 2 of the 5 bannetons have cloth liners, I would like to have cloth liners for all 5. I don't know how to sew and neither does my wife. I am willing to learn, but, is there a non-sewing way to make a liner?
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you need depends on what kind of dough you are making and how much you expect it to rise in the basket. Put a water tight plastic bag in the basket and put it on the scale and tare it ou to zero. Fill it with water to near the rim say a half an inch, and see what the water weighs. Write that on the bottom of the basket.
For a white bread that you want to rise 95%. Divide the weight by 1.95 and thai s the weight of dough that goes into the basket. For a rye bread that you only expect to rise 70% divide by 1.7. This way no matter want kind io bread you are baking ,you can quickly figure the formula required to fill it.
Bread pans are a bit different, if not a closed Pullman, because you want the dough to rise about an inch above the rim in the middle of the dough ( not the edge).but it will be below the rim on the edges when properly risen in the pan so you can use the same formula for pans too and be spot on. For a Pullman with a closed lid I use 2% more dough just to make sure it springs to fill the perfect rectangle with no rounded corners.
Happy baking
Get what ever cloth you like for a liner and fit it in there as best you can, slitting where necessary with a scissors to get it flat. all around Then trim the excess and use that heat tape and flat iron that they use to patch tears in clothes if you don't like to sew.. Make sure you leave enough excess on the top to fold over and secure to the basket with a rubber band. Or you can buy the on line at Amazon:-)